Scottish Executive

Justice

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases involving a breach of bail conditions did not result in the Procurator Fiscal requesting that the accused be retained in custody in each of the last three years, broken down by court.

Colin Boyd QC: The statistical information requested is not available.

Justice

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of the cases reported to each Procurator Fiscal in the north-east Scotland parliamentary region (a) were marked "no proceedings" and (b) failed to reach court in each of the last three years, and how many and what percentage of the charges taken forward were reduced by the Procurator Fiscal in each of these years.

Colin Boyd QC: The statistical information requested is not available.

  Information is available in relation to the number of reports received, solemn and summary court disposals and non-court disposals. The latter not only includes and specifies cases marked no proceedings but also those cases disposed of by warning, conditional offer, fiscal fine, diversion or referral to the Reporter. This information is recorded for each Procurator Fiscal’s Office. It is also collated and published each year in the Annual Report of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, which provides both national and regional statistics. The regional statistics relate to the six regions within the Procurator Fiscal Service, which correspond to the Sheriffdoms in Scotland. Statistics are not recorded with reference to parliamentary regions. The information collated in relation to court disposals relates to the number of cases and not charges.